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Mr. and Mrs. Evans reported as new Sand Bay land owners, 1960

Also Evans Sand Bay land-owner notice 1960

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TypeEvent
Date1960-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
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Event
Date
1960-05
Kind
Property transfer
Where
Sand Bay
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
propertytourismmigration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1960 Beaver Beacon reported Mr. and Mrs. Evans of Ann Arbor as new land owners on Sand Bay. It said the lot had formerly belonged to Mrs. Margaret Hanley.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief newspaper property notice. It supplies no first names, deed, purchase date, parcel boundary, or development record, and it is not assumed to identify the Evans couple described in the November 1958 issue.

Open questions

  • Which deed or parcel records identify the Evans lot and transaction?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Mr. and Mrs. Evans of Ann Arbor as new Sand Bay land owners and says the lot was formerly owned by Mrs. Margaret Hanley. The notice gives no first names, deed, purchase date, parcel boundary, or development record; it is not assumed to identify the Evans couple mentioned in the November 1958 issue.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published property notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Mr. and Mrs. Evans reported as new Sand Bay land owners, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-evans-sand-bay-property-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “A Hundred Million Welcomes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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